Category Archives: Local News
Montgomery County Man Jailed on Criminal Mischief Charges
(Red Oak) On Sunday morning, Red Oak Police arrested 35-year-old Cody Allen Keith Tunnell for 4th-degree Criminal Mischief. The arrest is in connection with a damaged windshield. Officers detained the...
May 29, 2022
2 People Arrested on US Marshals Warrant in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sherriff's Deputies arrested two people from Mills County wanted by the U.S. Marshall's Service. This (Sunday) morning Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 38-...
May 29, 2022
Adams County Sheriff's Report
(Corning) The Adams County Sheriff's Office arrested a Creston woman following a traffic stop on May 19. Deputies observed 34-year-old Sunita Phipps, known to have her license suspended, get into a bl...
May 29, 2022
Veterans Affairs Director Stepping Down
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Executive Director of the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs has resigned. Steve Lukan is a Navy veteran who has served in the post for nearly five years. Governor Kim Reynold...
May 29, 2022
Praxis Bill passes the Senate
(Des Moines) Iowa House District 21 Representative Tom Moore said last Monday the Senate passed a bill eliminating the Praxis Exam after sitting on it as a negotiating factor since the House passed it...
May 29, 2022
Motorcycle Crash in Montgomery County Claims One Life
(Stanton) One person died, and another person was injured in a motorcycle accident in Montgomery County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 10:10 a.m. on Saturday on Highway 34 near t...
May 28, 2022
Ernst Presses Vilsack on Fertilizer Costs, Supply Chain Challenges, and Admin's Expansive 30x30 Conservation Scheme
(Washington D.C) Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst appearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday, questioned U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The Senator from Red Oak addressed fe...
May 28, 2022
Updated: Red Oak man arrested for Sexual Assault
(Fremont Co.) The Fremont County Sheriff's Office says Deputies arrested 18-year-old Jordan Clements, of Red Oak, on Tuesday in connection to a sexual assault that occurred in Fremont County on May 22...
May 27, 2022
Four arrested on Theft and Drug charges in Fremont County
(Fremont Co.) Four people were arrested on Theft and Drug charges in Fremont County. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office says at approximately 11:53 p.m. on Thursday, Deputies were called to the 5-mil...
May 27, 2022
Madison County Man Sentenced for False Statements to the Social Security Administration
(Des Moines) The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Iowa says Troy John Pitzen, age 58, of Peru, Iowa, was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison following his guilty plea to making...
May 27, 2022
